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Replying to an Existing Topic

If you've found a topic you'd like to reply to, simply click the Post Reply button at the top left or bottom left (it's right next to the New Topic button).

That will take you either to a login page (if you haven't already logged in) or to a page that is almost identical to the "Post a new topic" page. Fill in the subject of your post and the message body and preview or submit, exactly as you would for a new topic.

You should notice a Topic Review scrollbox at the bottom of the page. This displays all of the previous replies to a topic, so that you don't have to go back in order to review the topic or the earlier replies.

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